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Downloading Capture One Pro 7

In preparation for January and beginning to use the Phase One camera system you ought to be downloading the Capture One software, installing on your Mac & getting a feel for how it works.

Here’s how to do it….

Go to the download page of the Capture One URL

Capture One Pro 7 download

Then add your email address as prompted and click the download button. The file should go to your downloads folder then open it up and copy to the ‘Applications’ folder.

When you open Capture One for the first you’ll see this dialogue box…

Capture One initial dialogue box

Select the ‘Run DB’ option. This will allow you to process the RAW files that the Phase generates but not those created by a third party camera such as a Nikon or Canon.

Remember that the Phase doesn’t generate anything but RAW’s!

When running Capture One make a point of quitting any unnecessary applications otherwise you may find that you machine crashes.

My opinion of Capture One, for what it’s worth – it’s the business! I find it easy and intuitive to use.

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Wayland’s Smithy – mixed lighting

Adjacent to the Ridgeway, on the chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse and under 2 miles walk from Uffington Castle and the White Horse itself. This shoot required carrying almost 60kgs of photographic equipment half a mile (0.8kms) from the car – surely one of the over-riding reasons why I took up this profession?

Wayland’s Smithy, take 1

Wayland’s Smithy, take 2

Details: Phase One c/w IQ160, 35mm, ISO 200, 1/4sec , f12

The difference between these two images is purely time. They are 5 minutes apart and in that time the ambient light level dropped by over 2 f-stops as the next rain storm approached.

Again the versatility of working with the Phase One & this time shooting tethered direct into a Mac enabled me to set-up, light & shoot all of this in just 3 frames. My intention was to frame this ancient chamber tomb with the silhouettes from the beech trees whilst lighting the the tomb entrance in particular in such a way to lead the eye inwards and add to the mystery of the place. Lit with a combination of Lumydine and Elinchrom Ranger lights supplied by TFC in London. Legend says (amongst other things I’m sure) that if you’re a traveller whose horse looses a shoe then leaving it overnight here will mean that when you return at dawn it will have been reshod by Wayland himself.

Two other essential tools to me on this shoot where:

The Photographer’s Ephemeris (more soon) in conjunction with the weather from the BBC online.

The Photographer’s Ephemeris

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48 Hour Photo Project, post O

Tuesday, 00.15, 19 June 2012

Zack gets reprimanded. Naomi Geczy’s take on Charles Dickens

© Naomi Geczy

Details: Phase One c/w IQ160, 55mm lens, ISO 50, 1/250sec,  f/11

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48 Hour Photo Project, post N

Tuesday, 13.35, 19 June 2012

An in camera effect created by Alex Selby using a homemade filter mask in front of the camera lens.

© Alex Selby

Details: Phase One c/w IQ160, 80mm lens, ISO 50, 1/250sec,  f/8

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48 Hour Photo Project, post M

Monday, 00.15, 19 June 2012

Irene Tonnessen meets the ‘Urban Spaceman’ having previously forgotten that he doesn’t exist. Shoot on a white Colorama background again and this time lit with orange and amber gels to give a unique solar flare colour in camera. More medium format digital using the Phase One system courtesy of  The Flash Centre

© Irene Tonnessen

Phase One c/w IQ160, 110mm lens, 50ISO, 1/1000sec, f8

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48 Hour Photo Project, post L

Tuesday, 14.50, 19 June 2012

A tantalising lemon tart with blueberries for accompaniment and this is after no proper meal for in excess of 24 hours…

© Hayley Sagar

Details: Phase One c/w IQ160, 120mmT/S lens,  50ISO, 1/125sec, f11

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48 Hour Photo Project, post K

Another Hannah Coates number with a Ralph Pink head-dress.

© Hannah Coates

Details: Phase One c/w IQ180, 50ISO, 1/250sec, f20

Model:  Lauren Coates
Make up/Hair:  Adele Sanderson

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48 Hour Photo Project, post I

Monday, 22.40, 18 June 2012

Irene Tonnessen presents ‘Man in a Red Bow Tie’. Shoot on a white Colorama background which is lit with magenta and purple Rosco gels to give a unique colour in camera. More medium format digital using the Phase One system courtesy of  The Flash Centre

© Irene Tonnessen

DEtails: Phase One c/w IQ160, 110mm lens, 50ISO, 1/1000sec, f8

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48 Hour Photo Project, post H

Tuesday, 16.22, 19 June 2012

Meara Kallista Morse offers us the scrunch. By this time this was very much how my brain and body where feeling…

© Meara Kallista Morse

Details: Phase One c/w IQ160 120mm TS lens, ISO 100, 1/125 sec, f8

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Tuesday, 15.58, 19 June 2012

‘Hannah Shoots Her Sister’. Hannah Coates’s younger comes to visit London to suddenly find herself washed down in white make-up, forbidden to talk or smile in case it spoils then dons a black feather head-dress courtesy of Ralph Pink.

© Hannah Coates

Details: Phase One c/w IQ180, 50ISO, 1/250sec, f20

Model:  Lauren Coates
Make up/Hair:  Adele Sanderson

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